Drive carefully during thunderstorms

When driving during the summer, you are spared from most of the challenges that you have when you drive during the winter season, but rain can be dangerous when you drive during the summer. The majority of the summer accidents that happen when it rains are due to aquaplaning. Aquaplaning happens where there is water on the road surface and the tyre is not able to press the water aside to remain in contact with the road surface. When the tires lose contact with the road surface and start gliding on top of the water layer, you will lose control over the vehicle.

The loss of control is what makes the aquaplaning so dangerous, the water masses might throw your vehicle to the side and you can crash into the railing or cars next to you, or then if you turn the steering wheel when you have no control and then the tyres finally regain contact at high speed with the steering wheel turned it can cause the car to bounce out of control. This is why it is very important to take this serious and purchase summer tires that are good at preventing aquaplaning. The tyre manufacturers have launched a lot of inventions and ways to improve the tread so that it is able to better and faster remove water from the grooves.

Tread depth is very important when you try to prevent
aquaplaning, since the deeper the grooves are the more water you can push
through the grooves. So if you drive with tyres that soon need to be replaced,
you should be extra careful when it rains. Once your tyres are getting close to
4 mm tread depth it is already time to change tyres. Remember that your safety
depends on it. So if you are close, you might as well go and buy a new set of
tyres.

You should also make sure that your tyres have the correct
inflation pressure, as that impacts both the performance and the wear of the
tyres. If you have underinflated tyres, your vehicle will consume more fuel and
the wear will be higher, so you will waste money in addition to losing
performance, which impacts your safety when driving. So this is a quick and
easy way to ensure that you drive safely regardless of rain.